castoreum

[ ka-stawr-ee-uh m, -stohr- ]

/ kæˈstɔr i əm, -ˈstoʊr- /

Origin of castoreum

< Latin < Greek kastórion, equivalent to kastor- (stem of kástōr) beaver + -ion, neuter of -ios adj. suffix

Castoreum has done good in this as in spasmodic dysmenorrhea.

Psychotherapy |James J. Walsh
You have denied that the vesicles of the otter are equivalent to castoreum.

The Man Who Laughs |Victor Hugo
From the strength of the castoreum, the Siberians infer that other parts of the animal must possess peculiar virtues.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848 |Various
They mix the castoreum with a red colour, and with it rub their face and frequently their hair.

Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23 |Various

Castoreum was the most popular of these, and from it was compounded the great cure-all.

In Beaver World |Enos Abijah Mills